Orchard-heating device.



Y R.. HENRY. ORCHARD HEATING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 13.1908.

922,478. Y Patented May 25, 1909.

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Witnesses nverm r M l/IW B y n/L Atta new Patented May 25, 1909.

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Tro ieri mi firm. it it eilfi it t i @h it ROYERT HENRY, F PUEBLO, COLGRDG.

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ippicaio'n. filed october 2.3, ieee.

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ir the eounty oi' Pueblo und Stute of Colo*- inido, hnve inventedv n eertnin new und uselul improvement in Orchard-lienting lledy invention relates to devices ior beating the nir in orchards und protecting buds und fruit trom injury et times oi unusun-l cold; und the objects of my invention nre; first, to provide zi light, portable, heating device that muy be swung from the limbs of n. treo; seeond, to provide :L heating device with draft adjustments usable nmong fruit trees und in orchards, find third, to providel such n device so that the sinne may be readily detached and stored in smell eprice. i :ittnin these obje-ets by the mechanisme illustrnted in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is :L perspeetive View ot my lientM ing device Wit i the top removed; Fig. 2 shou'sthe bnsennd legs uponwhiehthedevire stands; Fig. 3 shows the top; ilig. fi shows the lower damper; Fig. 5 shows the deviee in use; Fig. fi shows the body or bin-rel ol' stove detached; :ind Fig. T shows in pei ree tire View in broken sections the zissernbiing of the different parts oll snid constriution in operutive relation.

Similar numernls rel'er to similmthroughmit the eevernl views.

The borrel ol' the stove l is oll sheet :metal mnde in (-,vlindricnl i'orm :1nd :Lttnched by tongue :ind lslot menus 2 und 2'). The buse S is metnl, prelernbly sheet metall', on which is constructed llnring legs 5 :nid upward extending -elements 4. In buse 2 nre mudo open spnces fl which :ire usnhle both ns gmte ond drnl't means. rl`he grote demper o is ot slightly' smaller dinmeter thnn brise 5 und is constructed with extending :mns one ol' which lits into slot 2 und the other nrm lits into :i similar slot in the opposite side ol l, rlhe grato dnirnper t3 is nlso providwl with slots 7 .vhieh exneily correspond io slots fl und the spaces between 7 :ire :is wide. :is the slots .f in 'onse ii. 'lhe grote hunner being oliieed on ton of buse 3i it muy he ndriusted so pints iis to eontrol it` through i) or to elose the ,same completely. 'The tongues 2 ou the bm'- i'el 1 ere mede ns indicnted extending bnr-.lc- Wnrd from the nenr end ot' piece und oxzietly fitting into the slots 2", und being joined by these menne the borrel is plm-ed on theI buse ,"5 und by bolt Ineens is uttnehed to the upward rovided.

4. Brill i2 is is novided wit iexterior portion :rnd With spares to be eontrolied by extending elements ythe top dinnper il wings i2 turnnble :it 'the Center lZ. @n the undernenth side this to i demper is also pro vided with perpendiculiu' rim lil thnt ex- :ietly tits in the top oi' the borrel 1 thus holding the top oi the eentrivnnee outwnrdly so ns to keep the tongue and slot 2v@ engaged. By zneuns of this demper the dinit moy be controlled .in conjunction with grate (himper :is heretol'ore described.

The Whole makes a structure light und ndjustable that may be placed in :in orchard of iruit trees in any desired numbers' for use in Werding oi'f the eiifeets of irosts either by pro-v ducing heet or by means oi: Whitt is known nmong orehnrdists ns smudging or smoke, which. is produced to Weird ofi the eli'ects of irosts on lruit buds or fruit.

Owing to the simplicity of the structure the draft is perfectly controlled, lUmd the device nuiy be arranged with my combustible mnteriiil either storied and rendy for burning` or for use upon ignition, :ind the device if desired inn-y he swung by wire underneath the limbs :Lnd among the foliage o? the trees :is shown iii-Fig. '3.

lt hns been iound by hortieulturists in melting any sueeessful protection ngninst fronts or eold n wide distribution of heat is desired :ind es mueh ns possible n direct :ipplientiou of the hented nir through nnd under- Heath the foliage of the fruit trees thus requiring in ull ,suc/h heating devices nn npplication of :i eonsidernlgile number to amy nr'eu. rVherefore in my device l have met one of the chiefv objections und have provided. the means of rendily adjusting the pants. when open the bnrrel spreads out :is shown in Fig.l nud :my number muy be stacked or ernted together, und in like nummer the bases, grate und top dnmper stuck together, thus furnishn ing econemyot spnee in shipment or stm-nge, :is :ill thnt is requirediseimplyto remove t ie top demper und unserew the bolts in elemente 4- und slip out the tongues 2 from on-` gngenient in slot 2l in order to detneh und knoeii down the device utter being set up.

ieliiun: l. in nn orchard henter oi' the character dem'ribed, the Combination ot' :i cylinder, :L buse formed with flaring legs nud with slots, snid baise being detneluibly connected to said cylinder und constituting un outer grote, und un inner grate formed with corresponding slots an@ sida-be upon said outer mbe, @he ing slots and, slidabe upon said outer grate, slats of @mnner rate mmnged to e Gamed. the slots of the inner grate arranged -to be into and out of a nepent with those of the carried into and out of sinement with those outer'grwbe, ,E substantly as descrmed; o 'the outer grate, all substantially as de- 5 2. In im ochard heater of the cherater scribed. f

described., h@ oombnaon of a cylinder; a fons@ formed. with mfing .legs und. compitub y ROBERT HENRY mg au out'er gme blavmg slots lhsrem, a. Wltnesses: cover provided with draft regasbting means, C. M. WALKER,

10 and. au inner grate ormed with correspond MAUDE S. ENGLE. 

